Banking & Financial Institutions

Williams Kastner has a robust legal practice serving banks and financial institutions. We assist banking and business clients in a variety of matters including collections, collection disputes and disputes between creditors. We represent banks and financial institutions in due diligence and loan documentation as well as real estate disputes and lender-related litigation.

We have represented federal agencies in a broad range of legal issues stemming from bank failures. We have distinct knowledge and experience regarding all issues related to directors’ and officers’ liability and insurance coverage. Leveraging our insurance insights with our formidable trial experience allows us to hold a unique market position in terms of our abilities to serve our clients.

The following is a summary of representative attorney experience and includes current clients as well as clients we have represented in the past:

General Counsel to Golf Savings Bank and its holding company Lynnwood Financial Services

General Counsel to Alliance Bancorporation, a federally chartered bank, including its affiliates Alliance Bank and Alliance Mortgage Company, Inc.

General Counsel to the Exchange System, an electronic banking consortium of state and federal financial institutions

General Counsel for Family Saving and Loan Association, a state-chartered savings and loan

General Counsel to First Independent Bank (Vancouver, WA)

Counsel to Great Northwest Federal Savings and Loan on outside counsel matters including real estate lending, workout and regulatory issues

General Counsel to Lynnwood Mortgage Corporation

General Counsel to Eagle/Home Mortgage Corporation

Counsel to Enterprise Bank in its acquisition by Washington Mutual including all Department of Financial Institutions issues.

Our attorneys have also worked with the following financial institutions:

Allemagne Bank Nederland BV

Alliance Bancorporation

Alliance Bank

Alliance Mortgage Company, Inc.

American State Bank

BB&T

Carroll Community Bank

Chase Manhattan International Limited (UK)

Christiania Bank

Citibank

Connecticut National Bank

Deposit Insurance Bridge Bank

Dominion Bank (Roanoke, VA)

Family Savings & Loan Association

Farmers Bank of China

First Federal Savings & Loan Association

First Federal Savings Bank

First Independent Bank

First Interstate Bank of California

First Interstate Bank of Washington

First National Bank of Chicago

First National Bank of North Idaho

First Security Bank of Glendive Montana

First Wyoming Bank

Golf Savings Bank

Great Northwest Federal Savings & Loan

Great Western Bank

Great Western Savings Bank

Harbor Bank

Howard Bank

JP Morgan Chase

Key Bank

Marine Midland Bank

M&T Bank

Navy Federal Credit Union

Northwest Community Bank

Northwest National Bank

Norwest Bank of North Dakota

OBA Bank

Olympic Savings Bank

Peoples National Bank

PNC Bank

Puget Sound Bancorp

Puget Sound Bank

Puget Sound National Bank

Rainier National Bank

Sandy Spring Bank

Seattle First National Bank

Security Pacific Bank

State Mutual Savings Bank

Sterling Bank

The Exchange System

Toronto Dominion Bank

Twin Falls Bank & Trust Co.

Umpqua Bank

Union Bank of California

US Bank

US National Bank of Oregon

Washington Trust Bank

Wells Fargo

West One Bank

Zions First National Bank

Legal counsel for these clients includes matters related to the following: